2009 December : Big Sky AstroBlog

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I don’t know what happened in 2009; I pretty much ran out of blogging steam. For one thing I started writing full-blown essays at both the New and Full Moons – and then decided it would be a good idea to offer them as podcasts. I also developed a Facebook addiction and started a Big Sky Astrology page over there. My tendencies toward weighty philosophical pondering and stream-of-consciousness smartassedness thus fulfilled, the Astroblog lost some of its dewy luster. It seems I can come up with 1000 words on a topic or about 100, but the middle-ish length blog post – not as formal as an essay, but a little more demanding than a Facebook status update – is something that seems both daunting and not worth the bother most days.

And my 2009 archives bear this out… only 24 posts that are *not* just blurbs for my New of Full Moon essays! Yikes. Still, there were a few moments I didn’t mind revisiting. For one thing, at the beginning of the year I resisted the urge to lose my mind with schoolgirl ravings upon the inauguration of our new president. This restraint has held me in good stead in recent months when my disappointment in this administration has been running high. I got Lost. I gleaned new insights about the uneasy relationship between Pisces and Virgo. I got good and mad (more than once, but they didn’t all get documented. More restraint!) I was startled and dismayed to note my burgeoning resemblance to James Gandolfini. I fell in love all over again with a musical idol from my youth. I dreamed of hitting the open road in a Cancerian Airstream shell. My fridge broke down and I went to a funeral. And I bid a not-so-fond farewell to Saturn in Virgo by remembering an even harsher boss I once had.

In 2010 I’ll be launching into my project about women and Mars, and I’m not sure how much blogging I’ll do. For the forseeable future, though, you can count on seeing me toiling away at the New and Full Moons, and maybe we can catch up with each other on Facebook.

Love ya. Mean it.

What were the highlights of your 2009?

December 31, 2009 | 8 Comments

Dec

29

Turning Time
Crises – and eclipses – can be disorienting, but they can also be liberating. The key is in navigating the turning point. Are you afraid of being alone? Tap into the family ties, and even the geographical landmarks, that center you and make you feel safe and connected. Do you fear dying without leaving your mark on the world? Think about the people who have meant the most to you, and you’ll probably realize that making a real difference to one person can be a much more powerful legacy than being a darling of the tabloids…. (read the full article)

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Dec

15

Think Big

To move in the direction of Sagittarius truth always requires a leap of faith and confidence in what we know. In pursuing this path, there’s the danger of becoming insular and overzealous, of refusing to listen at all to other points of view. The utter conviction that serves Sagittarius so well in many situations can sometimes cause problems if we assume our own truth is universal. Navigating the Sagittarius experience requires that we keep feeding our brains with other ideas and perspectives, to keep ourselves flexible and lively. But for the sake of innovation, it’s equally important to know when to escape to our own imaginations and retrieve what we find there..…

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Dec

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maridos Periodically, I like to feature charts of dates I’ve recommended for weddings, as a sort of addendum to my wedding date tutorial. In doing so, I hope to demonstrate the real-time trade-offs the electional astrologer must make, as well as the mildly neurotic rationalizations she must indulge in to convince herself that it is, indeed, a good chart.

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Today is a date I’ve recommended to a number of couples this year. How many will use it is anyone’s guess, but those who have had the flexibility to be able to consider a week day could do much worse. It offers most everything I look for in a good wedding date, to wit:

Mercury and Venus are both direct.
The Moon is in a good sign (Libra rules marriage), approaching a good aspect to the Sun (symbolizing strong compatibility) and ends on a non-confrontational aspect (in this case, a trine to Neptune).
Venus is approaching a good aspect to Mars, indicating strong sexual chemistry and few tedious arguments about housework and lawn mowing, because the couple are on the same page when it comes to gender roles. This is a great aspect, so I’ll try to make Venus/Mars the rulers of the 1st and 7th houses.
Bonus: Good aspects from the Sun, Moon, and Venus to Jupiter (a great money aspect).

If one had to get married this fall, this is one of the better dates available. That’s not to say it doesn’t have its challenges….
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December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments